Category:Crime Logs

strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_field::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc on line 1148.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_field_user::init() should be compatible with views_handler_field::init(&$view, $options) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/modules/user/views_handler_field_user.inc on line 50.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_argument::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc on line 917.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_argument::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc on line 917.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 165.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::options_submit() should be compatible with views_handler::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 165.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_sort::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_sort.inc on line 165.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter::options_validate() should be compatible with views_handler::options_validate($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc on line 599.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc on line 599.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter_node_status::operator_form() should be compatible with views_handler_filter::operator_form(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_status.inc on line 15.

strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_argument_validate::options_submit() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_argument_validate.inc on line 87.

strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_argument_validate_taxonomy_term::options_submit() should be compatible with views_plugin_argument_validate::options_submit(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/modules/taxonomy/views_plugin_argument_validate_taxonomy_term.inc on line 165.

strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.

strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_query::options_submit() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_query.inc on line 181.

strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_style_default::options() should be compatible with views_object::options() in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_style_default.inc on line 24.

strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_row::options_validate() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_validate(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_row.inc on line 136.

strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.

strict warning: Non-static method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_many_to_one.inc on line 25.

strict warning: Non-static method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_many_to_one.inc on line 25.

strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.

strict warning: Declaration of image_attach_views_handler_field_attached_images::pre_render() should be compatible with views_handler_field::pre_render($values) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/image/contrib/image_attach/image_attach_views_handler_field_attached_images.inc on line 112.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_area::query() should be compatible with views_handler::query($group_by = false) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_area.inc on line 81.

strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_area_text::options_submit() should be compatible with views_handler::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc on line 121.

strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.

strict warning: Non-static method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_many_to_one.inc on line 25.

strict warning: Non-static method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_many_to_one.inc on line 25.

Posted on January 12, 2017 |

VERGENNES — Vergennes police between Jan. 2 and 8 were occupied by incidents that included drunk driving, more parking in violation of the city’s wintertime overnight ban, shooting a rabid animal, and stealing valuable coins.

During those seven days, Vergennes police:

• On Jan. 2 ticketed four cars left on Main and Green streets in violation of the overnight parking ban.

Posted on January 5, 2017 |

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police responded two separate traffic crashes in the area last week that resulted in the deaths of three people — a Rutland couple in the first and an Orwell man in the second.

Charles K. Ovian, 84, and Sally Ovian, 83 were killed and a New Haven man was injured in a two-car crash on Route 7 in Brandon on Dec. 28. Just before 2:30 p.m. that Wednesday, Brandon police responded to a report of a two-car crash with entrapment in front of Otter Valley Union High School south of downtown. State police were called to assist.

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Posted on January 5, 2017 |

MIDDLEBURY — On Jan. 1 at almost half past midnight, Middlebury police cited Wesley O’Dell, 41, of Middlebury for driving under the influence and attempting to elude a police officer after a traffic stop and short foot pursuit on Court Street.

Police said they measured O’Dell’s blood-alcohol content at 0.198 percent; the legal limit is 0.08.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Took a suicidal woman to Porter Hospital after an incident on South Street on Dec. 26.

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Posted on January 5, 2017 |

During a Jan. 1 patrol Vergennes police found a drunken woman lying face down in the road at the intersection of School and South Maple streets. Police said she refused to identify herself or submit to blood-alcohol content testing, and they took her to the Act 1 detoxification center in Burlington. She was refused admittance there, and police then took her to the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility to sober up.

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Posted on January 5, 2017 |

BRISTOL — Bristol police cited Billie Jene Laflam, 43, of Bristol for embezzlement from a local business on Dec. 22.

At the time of the alleged embezzlement in Bristol, Laflam was under supervised release for a 2014 federal wire fraud conviction. Laflam was also convicted of embezzlement in Chittenden County in 2009.

Police reported the sum involved in this most recent case was “in excess of $100,” making it a felony.

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Posted on December 29, 2016 |

VERGENNES — Vergennes police continue to hand out tickets for violators of the city’s wintertime ban on overnight parking on city streets.

Between Dec. 19 and 25, police ticketed 13 vehicles left on city streets between the hours of 2:30 and 6:30 a.m., at a charge of $25 per ticket. Police ticketed two cars on Dec. 20, one on Dec. 21, three on Dec. 22 and seven on Dec. 24.

None were towed because there were no snow emergencies; car owners are also liable for towing fees if city workers are plowing on evenings cars are illegally parked.

Posted on December 29, 2016 |

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Dec. 23 responded to a report of an airplane crash off School House Hill Road, near the Middlebury State Airport, just before noon. Police and other emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the pilot — Paul D. Bessler, 42, of Crown Point, N.Y. — deceased.

See a complete account of the tragic crash and its aftermath in our Page 1A story.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Responded to a report of two girls fighting at Middlebury Union Middle School on Dec. 19.

Posted on December 29, 2016 |

ADDISON COUNTY — On Christmas morning, Vermont State Police went to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in North Ferrisburgh in which a Cornwall woman was trapped in her car.

Troopers rushed to the intersection of Route 7 and Old Hollow Road at around 10:40 a.m. this past Sunday. They report that a Ford F-150 pickup driven by Joel Royer, 63, of Millerton, Pa., was traveling northbound on Route 7 at approximately the same time a 2003 Saturn Ion driven by Heather Workman, 28, of Cornwall was traveling westbound on Old Hollow Road.

Posted on December 22, 2016 |

BRISTOL — Bristol police, on Dec. 14, began an investigation into two counterfeit $20 bills recovered from a Bristol business. One bill had been passed on Dec. 13, the other about a week earlier. The bill passed a pen test conducted by the store, but closer examination by Merchants Bank determined several security features, including a security strip and watermark, were missing.

Posted on December 22, 2016 |

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police responded, with the Middlebury Fire Department, to a blaze at a Murdoch Court residence on Dec. 14. As previously reported in the Addison Independent, Robert Kellogg, 95, was killed in the fire that destroyed his home.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Responded to a report of tire tracks and footprints allegedly leading to a bloody scene behind some buildings off Route 7 south on Dec. 12. Police said they followed the tracks and found evidence of hunters taking some rabbits.